高中英语 unit7 unit8 阅读材料学案 译林牛津版选修7

高中英语 unit7 unit8 阅读材料学案译林牛津
版选修7
(根据故事改编)“Everything happens for the best,” my mother said whenever things weren’t going my way、“Don’t worry, one day your luck will change、” Mother was right, as I discovered after I had finished my college education、 I had decided to try for a job in radio、 One day, I wanted to host(主持)
a sports program、 I went to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station、 But I got turned down every time、In one station, a kind lady said my problem was
that I hadn’t got enough expe rience、“ Get some work with a small station and work your way up,” she said、I went back home、I couldn’t get a job there, either、Then my dad told me a businessman had opened a store and needed someone to help him、But again, I didn’t get the job、I felt really down、“ Your luck will change,” Mom said to me、 Dad lent me the car to help me to look for my job、 I tried another radio station in Iowa、 But the owner, a nice man, told me he had already had someone、As
I left his office, I asked, “How can someone be a sports announcer(播音员)
if he can’t get a job in a radio station?”I was waiting for the lift when I heard the man call、“ What did you mean? Do you know anything about football?” He
put me in front of a microphone and asked me to try to imagine that I was giving my opinion on a football game,
I succeeded、On my way home, Mom’s words came back to me, “One day your luck will change, Son、 And when it happens, it’ll feel doubly(加倍的)
good because of all the hard work you’ve had、” At that moment I knew what just what she meant、
1、What’s the writer’s ideal(理想的)
job?
A、 A sportsman
B、 A shop assistant
C、 A sports announcer
D、 A businessman
2、Why didn’t the writer get the job in Chicago?
A、 because he was too young
B、Because he didn’t get college education
C、Because he’s got a good-looking person
D、Because he hadn’t got enough experience
3、 Which of the following is true according to the article?
A、 You just need wait for some time, then luck will come、
B、 Luck will come if you try your best to do everything、
C、It’s important for you to wait for luck、
D、 You should trust your mother、4、 The sentence “But I got turned down every time、” means “______”
A、 But I was refused every time
B、 But I was successful every time
C、 But I lost my way every time
D、 But the door of every station was always closed
5、What’s the best title of this passage?
A、Mother’s words
B、 Everything Happens For The Best
C、 No One Is Always Lucky
D、To Find A Job In Ra2Imagine you’re in a dark room, running your fingers over a smooth surface in search of a single dot the size of this period, How high do you think the dot must be for your finger to feel it?
Scientists have determined that the human finger is so sensitive it can detect a surface bump just one micron
（l0－6m）"high、 The human eye, by contrast, cant tell anything much smaller than100 microns、No wonder we rely on touch rather than eyesight when faced with a new roll of toilet paper、Biologically, touch is the mother of all sensory（感觉的） systems、It is an ancient sense in evolution: even the simplest single-celled living things can feel when something brushes up against them and will respond by moving closer or pulling away、 It is the
first sense aroused during a baby’s development and the last to weaken at lifes peak、 Patients in a deep coma （昏迷）who seem otherwise lost to the world will show skin reaction when touched by a nurse、“Touch ,is so central to what we are that we almost cannot imagine ourselves without it,” said Chris Dijkerman、“Its not like eyesight, where you close your eyes and you dont see anything、 You cant do that with touch、Its always there、" Long ignored in favor of the sensory heavyweights of eyesight and hearing, the study of touch lately:: has been gaining new concern among scientists、Theyre exploring the effects of recently reported false
touch impressions, of people being made to feel as though they had three arms, for example, with the hope of
gaining the true understanding of how the mind works、Others are turning to touch for more practical purposes:
to build better touch screen instruments and robot hands, a more well-rounded virtual life、。

“Theres a fair amount of research into new ways of offloading
information onto our sense of touch," said Lynette
Jones、 "To have your cell phone buzzing （making a low sound） as opposed to ringing turned out to have a lot of advantages in、some situations、" Touch is our most
active sense, our means of seizing the world and experiencing it first hand、 Dr、Susan Lederman pointed
out that while we can become aware of something by seeing or hear,ing7;-、from a distance and without really trying, if we want to learn about something by means of touch, we must make a move、We must rub the cloth, or pet the cat、Touching is a two-way street, and thats not true for seeing or hearing、 If you have a soft object and you squeeze it, you change its shape、 The physical world reacts back、" Our hands are smart and can do many tasks automaticallyobjects placed、in their hands、But on some
feeling tasks, touch is all thumbs （very clumsy）、 When people are given a raised line drawing of a common object, theyre puzzled、“If all weve got is outline information;" Dr、Lederman said,、“no weight, no texture, no temperature information, well, were very, very bad
with that、" Touch also turns out to be easy to fool, Among the sensory tricks now being investigated is something called the Pinocchio illusion、 Researchers
have found that if they shake the band of the biceps（二
头肌）, many people report feeling that their forearm is getting longer, their hand floating ever further from
their elbow（肘）、 And if they are told to touch the forefinger of the shaken arm to the tip of their nose,
they feel as though their nose was lengthening, too、
50、Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A、 Our eyes are more sensitive than our fingers、
B、 Our fingers are more sensitive than our eyes、
C、 Our eyes are more sensitive than our ears、
D、 Our noses are less sensitive than our ears、
51、The sense that is firstly awaked during a childs development is the sense of 、
A、 sight
B、 taste
C、 hearing
D、 touch
52、The underlined sentence “You cant do that with touch” here means “You cant ”、
A、 close your skin
B、 close your eyes
C、 touch anything
D、 see anything
53、Scientists are lately getting interested in the following except 、
A、 living a well-rounded virtual life
B、 understanding how the mind works
C、 favoring eyesight and hearing
D、 building better touch screen objects
54、In the view of , movement is needed when we want to know something by touching、
A、 the author
B、 Chris Dijkerman
C、 Lynette Jones
D、 Susan Lederman3Oscar-winning actress Joan Fontaine, who rose to fame during Hollywoods golden age as the star of several Alfred Hitch、cock classics, died from natural causes at her home in Carmel, northern California on December16, xx aged96, US media reports said、 Born in Japan to British parents, Fontaine moved
in1919 to California, where she and her elder sister －screen idol Olivia de Havilland－were to shape successful movie careers、Fontaine and de Havilland remain the only sisters to have won lead actress honours at the Academy Awards、Yet the two sisters also had an uneasy relationship, with Fontaine recording a bitter competition in her own account "No Bed of Roses "、Fontaine began her acting career in her late teens with Largely less important roles on the stage and later in mostly B-movies in the1930s、 It was not before famous British film director Hitchcock spotted her a decade
later that her career took off、 Greatly surprised by her expressive looks, the suspense (悬念） master cast Fontaine in his first US film, a1940 adaptation of the Daphne du Maurier novel "Rebecca"、 She received an Academy Award nomination（提名） for her performance as a
troubled wife、 A year later, Fontaine finally won the long-sought golden figure, for her role as leading lady
in "Suspicion" opposite Cary Grant, becoming the first and only actress to earn the title for a Hitchock film、Although her sister, Olivia de Havilland, preceded her in gaining Hollywood fame, Fontaine was the first of the sisters to win an Oscar, beating Olivias nomination as best actress in Mitchell Leisens "Hold Back the Dawn"、The dislike ,between the sisters was felt at the Oscars ceremony、"I froze、 I stared across the table, where Olivia was sitting、Get up there! she whispered commandingly," Fontaine said、"All the dislike wed felt toward each other as children…all came rushing back in quickly changing pictures…I felt Olivia would spring across the table and seize me by the hair、" Olivia did not win her first Oscar until1946, for her role as the lover of a World War I pilot in Leisens " To Each His Own"、 Fontaine later made it known that her、 sister had slighted her as she attempted to offer congratulations、“She took one look at me, ignored my hand, seized her
O scar and wheeled away,” she said、 The sisters were also reportedly competitors in love、 Howard Hughes, a
strange businessman who dated the elder de Havilland for a time, offered marriage to Fontaine several times、"I married first, won the Oscar before Olivia did, and if I die first, shell undoubtedly be extremely angry because I beat her to it!" Fontaine once joked、 As her film career fruited in the1950s, Fontaine turned to television and dinner theatre, and also appeared in several Broadway productions, including the Lion in Winter"、 Anything but the ordinary lady, Fontaine was also a licensed pilot, a champion balloonist, an accomplished golfer, a
licensed 、decoration designer and a first-class cook、
55、When she moved to California, Joan Fontaine was years old、
A、 two
B、 twelve
C、 twenty
D、 twenty be seen from the passage, Fontaine was a person who was 、
A、 disliked by her family
B、 always a troubled wife
C、 able to do few jobs
D、 gifted in many ways4I was once an alcoholic、Years passed、 With a lot of therapy and love, I left high school and all of its36 behind me、 I have moved on and though I am financially poor, I find myself37 with the blessings and love、 Recently, I helped a young friend with a bake sale to38 a middle school student who is battling brain cancer、When Mr、 X came through the door, I was not39 、Instead, I kind of hoped he didn’t recognize me、40 , what kinds of memories of me would have stuck with him after all these years? What if he still thinks of me as that41 person that I once was?42 , he didn’t recognize me、 He simply spoke kindly to others, donated generally, and went on his way as usual、Then, a few days ago, he once again came to a benefit to generally donate money to someone43 、 This time, I felt moved to introduce myself、 We started to44 , and before we knew it, we had caught up on30 years of our lives! That was45 I knew what I had to do、 I told him that though he didn’t recognize it, he was very influential in my46 and becoming a much kinder, giving person、 His quiet “hello’s”, the shy smile and nod of his head, his kind and47 behavior, are one of the biggest memories
I carry with me from my high school years、 When I have gotten angry with the way the world is today, I’ve48 myself of people like Mr、 X、 They do49 !I told him all of these, and explained that, although he may not have recognized it, he made a huge50 on someone’s life、 He seemed to appreciate my words、 I apologized if I made him51 , but they were things that needed to be said, things that52 have been said nearly thirty years ago、
But I think that, having learned that I53 this big strong “manly man” nearly to tears as he left that day, it’s never too late to let someone know that their
kindness54 、Thirty years after that fact, it was as good a day as any for my heart to express its55 as it was for him to hear it、
36、
A、 pain
B、 love
C、 alcohol
D、 memories
37、
A、 kind
B、 rich
C、 full
D、 tired
38、
A、 convince
B、 educate
C、 benefit
D、 confirm
39、
A、 annoyed
B、 surprised
C、 frustrated
D、 received
40、
A、 After all
B、 At all
C、 Above all
D、 In all
41、
A、 light-hearted
B、 smart
C、 awful
D、 talented
42、
A、 Luckily
B、 Strangely
C、 Hopefully
D、 Naturally
43、
A、 in despair
B、 in store
C、 in rags
D、 in need
44、
A、 discuss
B、 contact
C、 chat
D、 touch
45、
A、 why
B、 when
C、 where
D、 how
46、
A、 playing
B、 studying
C、 working
D、 healing
47、
A、 inviting
B、 appealing
C、 caring
D、 fascinating
48、
A、 accused
B、 informed
C、 reminded
D、 recalled
49、
A、 exist
B、 operate
C、 live
D、 settle
50、
A、 pressure
B、 impact
C、 impression
D、 concentration
51、
A、 unconscious
B、 uncertain
C、 uncomfortable
D、 unfit
52、
A、 must
B、 should
C、 may
D、 can
53、
A、 encouraged
B、 cheered
C、 moved
D、 persuaded
54、
A、 remarked
B、 mattered
C、 contributed
D、 changed
55、
A、 credit
B、 kindness
C、 respect
D、 gratitude5It was the small hours of the morning when we reached London Airport、 I had cabled London from Amsterdam, and there was a hired car to meet, but there was one more unfortunate happening before I reached my flat、 In all my travels I have never, but for that once, been required by the British customs to open a single bag or to do more than state that I carried no goods liable to duty、 It was, of course, my fault; the extreme tiredness and nervous tension of the journey had destroyed my diplomacy、 I was, for whichever reason, so tired that I could hardly stand, and to the question, “have you read this?” I replied with extreme foolishness, “yes, hundreds of times、”“And you have nothing to declare?” “Nothing、”“How long have you been out of this country?” “About th ree months。